Non-interfering horseshoe.



No. 7|0,s39. Patented Oct. 7, 1902.'

.1. T. BROAGH.

NON-INTEBFEBING HOBSESHOE.

(Application filed Apr. 9, 1902.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES JEFFERSON TURTILLOUS BROAOH, OF

GHUROHLAND, VIRGINIA, ASSIGN OR OF ONEJIALF TO J. V. BIDGOOD, OF CHURCHLA-ND, VIRGINIA.

NON-INTERFERING HORSESHOE.

fifPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 710,839, dated October 7, 1902.

Application filed April 9, 1902. Serial No. 102,065. (No model.)

To (LZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEFFERSON TURTILLOUS BROACH, a citizen of the United States, and

a resident of Ohurchland, in the county of Norfolk and State of Virginia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Non-Interfering Horseshoes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in horseshoes in which I am able to secure the advantage of a weighted outer side to the shoe and an elastic pad orcushion on the inner side of the shoe, the article when worn having a tendency to make the horse naturally throw the hoof in an outward direction, so as to avoid interference with or striking against the opposite hoof or quarter.

A shoe embodying my invention overcomes the necessity for the use of boots and leg-protectors, allows the shoe to be equipped with toe or side weights, or the weights may be dispensed with, and the horse cannot cut the quarters of one leg by the shoe on the other hoof.

According to the present mode of shoeing horses now most in favor in the trade the shoes for horses whose hoofs are liable to interfere are made with heavy or weighted outer sides, or separate side weights may be used. In the present invention the shoe is provided with a recess on its inner side, thus reducing the quantity and weight of metal on the inner side and making the outer side of the shoe correspondingly heavy. This adaptation of the shoe thus meets the chief requirement for non-interfering horseshoes, and the desired freedom from cutting is secured by the employment of a soft pad, which is held or retained in the recess in the lightened inner side of the shoe.

\Vith these ends in viewthe invention con-, sists of a horseshoe embodying certain novel features of construction and arrangement, which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is an inverted or bottom plan view of a horseshoe embodying my improvement.

Fig. 2 is a top plan View of a part of the shoe, illustratingthe method of inserting the yieldable pad or cushion; and Fig. 3 is a cross-section through the shoe in the plane of the dotted line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

The horseshoe A is similar in its general construction to the ordinary shoes of commerce in that it is made from a single piece of metal which is bent to the required shape and which consists of members aand Ct, which are adapted to be applied to the outside and inside portions, respectively, of a horses hoof. The shoe is provided with a toe-call:

b and with heel-calks b, and said side men1 6 bers or portions of the shoe are also provided with the grooves c c, which are intersected by the nail-apertures (Z d, as is more clearly shown in Fig. 1. I have modified the construction of the shoe by the provision of a recess B in the inner side portion or member a, said recess B serving to reduce the quantity and weight of the metal which forms the inner member or portion a ofthe shoe. This recess B has an inner edge b which is concentric with the curve on the inner edge of the side member or portion a'," but the end edges b of the recess B are inclined to radii of the shoe, so as to give a substantially dovetail shape or formation to the recess B.

O designates the elastic pad or cushion, which is snugly fitted in the recess B, so as to be practically keyed in place therein. This. cushion C may be madeof rubber or any other suitable materiahand it is provided with an innet-curved edge e, the radius of which is equal to that of the edge I) of the recess 13. The end edges of the pad or cushion C are inclined in order to conform to the angle of the edges b of the recess; but the outer or exposed edgef 0 of the pad or cushion is eccentric to the inner edge 6. By reference to Fig. 2 it will be seen that the inner edge of the cushion is curved to conform to the edge 19 of the re cess, and theedge f of said cushion is curved 5 on an arc of less radius-than the inner edge 6, thus making the outer edgefeccent-ric to the inner edge e of the cushion and securing the desirable projection or extension of the middle edge portion fof the cushion beyond the 10p outer edge of the shoe, the end portions of said eccentric edgefof the cushion curving inwardly toward the shoe, so as to lie flush with the side edge of the latter. The width of the-pad or cushion O at its middle exceeds that of the recess B, in which said cushion is contained, and the outer edge f is adapted to project beyond the outer edge of the shoe, so as to present the prominent and well-defined appearance shown by Fig. 1. This projecting edge f of the cushion G is adapted to strike the quarter on the companion hoof of the horse, and the metallic part of the shoe A is thus prevented from cutting the quarter or any inside part of the leg. The decrease in the weight of the metal of the innerside or portion of the shoe effects a corresponding increase in the outer side of the shoe, which causes the animal to naturally throw the hoof in a direction to avoid interfering; but should there be any tendency of one hoof to strike the quarter of the other hoof no damage will result from the interference, because the pad or cushion will prevent the metallic part of the shoe from cutting the other quarter. I

The pad or cushion O is disposed in flush relation with the top face of the shoe, and this pad is intended to be placed within the recess B just before applying the shoe to the hoof. The pad occupies an interposed position between the hoof and shoe, and it is secured firmly in place by being keyed to the recessed part of the shoe and by the nails passing through the shoe and the pad, so as to attach said shoe to the hoof. If desired, the pad may be formed with nail-apertures adapted to register with the apertures d of the shoe; but this is not necessary, because the pointed nails will easily penetrate the material forming the pad.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. As a new article of manufacture, a horseshoe having its inner side portion reduced in weight by the formation of a recess, and a yieldable pad or cushion confined in said recess of the shoe and provided with a normally exposed contact edge which is extended laterally beyond the corresponding edge of the shoe.

2, As a new article of manufacture, a horseshoe provided in itsinner side portion or memher with a longitudinal recess, the end portions of which are beveled or inclined to radii of the shoe, and an elastic pad or cushion having beveled ends and keyed within said recess of the shoe, the outer edge of said pad or cushion extending normally beyond the corresponding edge of the shoe.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a horseshoe provided in its inner side portion or memher with a longitudinal recess, and an elastic pad or cushion having an outer curved edge,

the radius of which is less than that of theinner edge of said pad or cushion, the latter being fitted snugly in said recess of the shoe.

JEFFERSON TUR'lI LLOUS BROAClL WVitnesses:

RAYMOND S. CUMMING, O. L. JoNns. 

